Innovation

28 March 2025

Ideas in Innovation: Designing Smart Urban Infrastructure

Alex Crane, Director at Chetwoods Architects, writes about how their research-led, innovation-driven infrastructure acts as a catalyst for people-first design.

NextGen

26 March 2025

Championing and Supporting the Development of Soft Skills

Betty Owo, Senior Design Officer at GLA and NLA NextGen Committee member, reflects on the committee first meeting of the year, discussing skills, collaboration, innovation

Innovation

25 March 2025

Ideas in innovation: Redefining the lab and the workplace

In the lead up to the Innovation Summit Eugene Sayers, Partner at Sheppard Robson, discusses the convergence of labs and office spaces, and the innovation that comes out of it.

25 March 2025

London Leads the Charge at MIPIM 2025: A Global Investment Hub for the Future

NLA Director Benjamin O’Connor reflects on London’s strong presence at MIPIM 2025, highlighting Mayor Sadiq Khan’s call for inclusive growth and international investment.

Culture

25 March 2025

The importance of culture in the built environment

HOLBA's Deputy Chief Executive Mark Williams reflects on the NLA Expert Panel on Culture’s focus on cultural infrastructure, creative support, and policy gaps.

25 March 2025

Five Minutes With... Joss Taylor

David Taylor meets Joss Taylor, Head of Activation and Enlivenment at Populate, Socius’ place management arm, to explore making good meanwhile projects and places, often through culture

Housing

25 March 2025

Addressing housing sector challenges

Levitt Bernstein’s Jo McCafferty highlights key takeaways from the NLA Expert Housing Panel’s first 2025 meeting, addressing housing affordability and regeneration.

Housing

20 March 2025

Can this year be the turning point for housing delivery?

Freya Turtle, Director at Turley, reflects on behalf of the NLA Housing Expert Panel on the 2025 Housing Summit, discussing challenges, funding, and a hopeful outlook for housing delivery.

Technical

18 March 2025

Meeting standards for safer building

Stephen Workman, Technical Director at AtkinsRéalis, shares insights from the Technical Competency Panel meeting, focusing on material passports, retrofit, adaptive reuse and more.

18 March 2025

Five Minutes With... Chiara Cantilena

David Taylor meets LOM senior associate Chiara Cantilena to talk through a new report on designing better focus spaces for all, away from the hubbub of modern life.

Tall Buildings

11 March 2025

Keep and Add: Seventy Gracechurch

In the leadup to NLA’s Tall Buildings Conference, John Bushell, Principal at Kohn Pederson Fox discusses the “Keep an add” method, and how they employed this at Seventy Gracechurch.

Tall Buildings

11 March 2025

Standing the Test of Time: Best Practice Lessons from London’s Tall Buildings

NLA's Expert panel on tall buildings have investigated how old and new buildings have performed against a list of specific criteria, and how they are positively contributing to the city.